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renee from the Atlantic.
During the Mexican War he was Chief En-
/ gineer of the Army of the West, in New Mexico
and California, and also Assistant Adjutant-
/ General for Gen. kearney until 1917, when he
was made Lieutenant-C Colonel of the Maryland
aud District of Columbia Volunteers and served
/ in Gen. SCOTS line from Vera Cruz TO the City
! Of Mexico. In SCOTS campaign he was brevet-
ted Captain for San Pasqual. and Major for
San Gabriel and the Plains of Mesa. lie was
engaged in a number of skirmisheS and actions
| in the Mexican war, in all Of which he served
with distinguished credit.
In lsi7 he declined promotion 10 Major OF
the Sd DragoOns-a regiment which became
4 obsolete after the war.
From lS4S 10 1853 he was Chief Astronomer
for the survey OF the boundary between the
United States and Mexico, under the Gadsden
| treaty. The Commissioner for the United
/ States never Joined that survey, and in 1854
Maj. Emory was appointed full Commissioner
rs well as Astronomer, with full powers under
/ the treaty. lie completed the work 10 the
/ satisfaction Of the Government i'm 1857; so
much so, that he received the brevet Of Lieu
tenant-COlonel, Oct. 10, 1857, for " valuable and
distinguished service as Commissioner for es-
tablishing the boundary line between the
/ United States and the Republic of Mexico" In
1855, upon the organization Of the new regi-
| ments Of cavalry, he was appointed Major of
the I'd and then transferred TO the LIST NOW the
| 4th) Cav, but later was assigned 20 engineer
duty. His long service in the Engineer Corps
west Of the Mississippi was of such a distin-
guished character, professionally that his maps
are 10 this day accepted as the most definite
authority for that region; and IL was he also
who surveyed the route which is now operated
by the Southern Pacific Road through Texas,
\ by Pas0 del Norte into Arizona and Califor-
| MIA.
He was known well as an author from his
notes Of travel and reports of his engineer
work.
Finally, in 1857, after the completion of the
boundary surveys, Major Emory Joined his
regiment in Kansas and participated in the
Utah expedition in 1859. In 1850 he was a
member OF the board Of officers that revised the
| program Of instruction in the Military Aeade-
uiy. aud then was appointed Inspector General
and made tour of the Pacific Coast, returning
to Washington in the early part of 1861.
AT the outbreak Of the rebellion he was in
formed by the Gcneral-in- Chief (Scott) that the
state Of the country made it necessary for him
to rejoin and command his regiment at once.
lie went 10 Fort Smith, Ark, and while wait
ing for the arrival Of other persons who were
10 meet him there he learned that another OIL
Ger had been detailed for the command he had
rclinquished, and fell into the error of believ-
| ing that he had been ordered 10 distant service
10 remove him. He then, in the heat Of his
passion, wrote out resignation without date,
which was iniudiciously filed out and filed by
a relative and his commission was vacated.
An explanation Of this matter followed so soon
after, that in June, 1861, be was again reap
pointed into the army as Lieutenant-COlon Of
the 9th Cav, new regiment that had just been
organized, and in the natural course Of promo
ton he was made Colonel Of the 9th Cav. in
October. 1853.
Meantime he was made Brigadier- General Of
| Volunteers in March, 1862 and was immedi-
aicly placed in command Of the Regular Cavalry
Brigade Of the Army of the Potomac and partci-
pated in the siege of Yorktown and the suisse
quent operations the Peninsula under
Mcclellan, with very considerable credit TO
himself
At the battle Of Hanover Courthouse he dis
tlngushed himself by separating the wings Of
the Confederate army, whereby many prison.
ers were captured, including an entire North
Carolina regiment and pushed his brigade to
the front and right, eiiectually destroying the
railway bridges between Hanover Junction to
the Chickahominy, driving the rebels out Of
Ashland. he was twice thanked on the field
by Gen. Mcclellan for his brilliant operations
aud there received his brevct OF Colonel in the
Regular Army, 10 date from May "a. 1862. In
July Of 1852 he was assigned 10 the command
OF brigade in the Fourth Corps, then on the
Peninsula, and in September was, by his own
request, ordered TO Baltimore and was placed
IA command Of new troops, organizing them
for new division.
IN November he sailed with six regiments
for Old Point and thence to New Orleans where
he arrived in January, 1863, and was then
placed ia command Of the troops at Carrolton,
La, comprising the Third Division, Nineteenth
Corps In March, 1863, he went 10 Port Hud-
son, and on the 18th made the attack there
which enabled Admiral Farragut 10 pass with
/ Ha han IN he
where. on April Ia he attacked strongly-for-
titled camp Of the enemy, which was also de-
Tended by gunboats, drove the rebels out of
their works and followed them during the
night and other days, TO Alexandria, 100 miles
distant. In June of that year he commanded
the deienses OF New Orleans while Gen. Banks
was still at Port Hudson. The movement Of
the rebels against New Orleans that year was
defeated by him, and after two engagements
the rebels retreatod with considerable loss. In
August, 1865. he was compelled TO return North
FOR medical treatment, and on his return south
ward he was assigned TO the command of the
First Division. Nineteenth Corps, and moved
TO Franklin, where he commanded the corps in
January, 1864.
The Red River expedition followed, and the
whole country knows of his gallant fight at
Sabine Crossroads, aud that notwithstanding
The Immense loss IN guns and wagons, Gen.
Emory, by pushing forward his command by a
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advance aud saved the entire army on that oc-
clsion.
In May, 1864, he became the permanent
commander Of the Nineteenth Corps and after
several engagements was, in July of that wear
brevetted Major-General and two days later
was assigned, by direction Of President Lin
coin. 10 duty according 10 his breyet rank.
The Nineteenth Corps was sent back 10
Southern Louisiana 10 participate in the attack
on Mobile, but later orders sent him by way of
Fort Monroe 10 Washington, and thence to the
Army Of the Shenandoah, under Sheridan.
The history of the Nineteenth Corps which
is part Of the history of Gen. Emory, is too we'll
known 10 recapitulate here. That early MORN
ing fight at Opequan has been discussed too
often, and there IL was that Gen. Phil Sheri-
dan, on his arrival on the field from his 20 mile
ride from Winchester, found how things were
going. and sent back tho simple message TO Gen.
Emory, Bully for Old Bricktop.' Tell him to